Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1887-09-15

Alexandria, La. 1880 Fort Scott, Ks. 4O9
Alexandria, Va. 9, ,444 Fort Smith, Ark. ,60i
Andersonvile, Ga13,717 Fred'ksburg. Va. G,G03
Annapolis, Nd. 3,474 Gettysburg, Pa. 3,57J
Antietam, Md. 4,G10 Glendale, Va. 63G
Arlington, Va. 1890 Grafton, w. Va. l, ,a22t
Balls Bluff, Va. $50 Hampton, Va. 4,1sl
Barrancas, Fla. 955 Jefferson bar
Baton Rouge, La. 2,922 racks, ST. Louis Gao
Beaufort, 5. c.. S,219 Keokuk, IA. 500
Beverly, n. j.. 145 Knoxville, Tenn. 3,0Gl
Brownsville, Tex. 2,967 Laurel, Md. 23e
Camp Butler, near Lebanon, Ky. Si9
Springfield Ills. GS7 Logans Cross
Gimp Nelson, Mich Roads, Ky. G9i
olasvile, Ky. 3,52G Loudon Park, Nd. 1886
Cave Hill, near Marietta, Ga. -. 10,052
Louisville, Ky. 3,,.i Memphis, Tenn. S3S
Chalmette, n. o., 1881 Mobile, Ala. $40
Chattanooga ..... 12,94S Mound City, Ills. 5000
City Point, Va. 3,S2S Nashville. Tenn. 1853
Cold Harbor, Va. 1874 Natchez, Miss. 3O69
Corinth, Miss. 5,G10 New Albany, Ind 2,75S
Crown Hill, near Newbern, n. c.. 231S
Indianapolis. 70S Philadelphia. Pa. 1919
Culpepper, Va. 1913 Poplar Grove, Va. 5,52o
Clusters battle Port Hudson, Miss. 1904
field, NJ. .T. 259 Raleigh, n Co.. 1159
Cypress IIi on Richmond, Va. 4s35
L. n. ". Bis Rock Island, Ills. 2S9
City of Mexico 1904 Salisbury, \. c. -. Il 40
Oanville, VA. 1,293 Shiloh, Tenn. $50
Danville, KY. 359 San Antonio, Tex. 4e3
Elmira, n. ". 1896 Seven Pines, Va. 'o9
Finn's Point n J. 2779 Soldiers Home,O. 523S
Florence S. Co. 1858 Springfield No.. 1913
Fort Donelson.. -. G39 Stone River, Tenn. 6063
Fort Gibson, l. 7. 2,152 Vicksburg, Miss. 1G COG
Fort Harrson,Va. 256 Whitehall, Pa. 90
TT. Leavenworth. 1,10S Wilmington, n. c. sos
Fort Mcpherson. 443 Winchester, Va. 4035
Fayetteville, Ark. 1910 Yorktown, Va. 1,5G6
Virginia has the largest number of ceme-
teries-fourteen. Virginia, Tennessee and
Mississippi, in their order, We're the battle
states of the struggle. The dead of the civil
war are not all gathered in national ceme-
teries-none but those Of the vlclors. There
are many other graves in the south which
enfold soldiers as valoroUs as those from the
north.
Sad chance of war! Now, destitute of aid,
Falls undistn guish'd by the victOrs spade.
No stone or epitaph marks their last resting
place. They too bore themselves with un-
daunted courage, nerved to heroic endurance,
and following the right as God gave them to
see the right. No people ever suffered a
greater penalty for drawing the sword. They
were loyal and devoted to their cause, ana
tie spots of earth-home-they died battling
for, and the soil that drank up their blood is
wher they rest.
Scatter bright roses DER the grave
Of every soldier, proud and brave,
Who died in gray or blue;
Who fell beneath the stripes and stars,
Or died where waved Confederate barI.
To flag and country true.
On either side of freedoms line
Bring brightest flowers TO deck each shrine.
We ask not now what flag they bore;
Scan not the uniform they wore
On each supreme occasion.
We know they bravey fought and fell
TO crush, withstand resist or quel
Rebellion or invasion,
And threw their lives into the fray
In frock of blue or blouse of gray.
Nature decorates the graves of the undis.
covered dead scattering wild flowers with
gentle hand alike upon the resting places Of
both the victors and the vanquished,
In 1867 the women of Columbus, Miss, in.
augurated the custom of decorating the
graves of their own as well as those Of the
northern soldier dead. an event which called
forth the poem of "The Blue and the Gray"
Sadly but not with upbraidinr,
The generous deed was done;
In the storm of years that are fadina,
No braver battle was won.
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the judgment day;
Under the blossoms, the Blue;
Under the garlands, the Gray.
No more shall the war cry sever
Or the winding rivers be red;
They Danish our anger forever,
When they laurel the graves of our dead
Under the sod and dew;
Waiting the judgment day;
Love and tears for the Blue, +.
Tears and love for the Gray.
MOSES Folsom.